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Annona

deity earth Roman single tradition · 2

Annona is the Roman goddess who personifies the grain supply and the provision of food to the populace. She is linked with Abundantia and Copia as a deity of plenty and state-sponsored sustenance.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

First attested
500 BCE
Attested period
-500 – 2020
Historical notes
Featured on Roman imperial coinage and public inscriptions.

Relationships

allied with
Ceres, Liberalitas
co occurs with
Domina Abundia, Dame Habonde, Notre Dame d’Abondance, Demeter, Abundantia, Copia

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Mentioned by

Sources

encyclopedia (2)
  1. Abundantia (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  2. Annona (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“she is practically identical with Copia, Annona and similar goddesses.”

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“ANNONA (from Lat. annus, year), in Roman mythology, the personification of the produce of the year.”

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